A proposal to shift part of the responsibility and authority for managing recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico to individual states could result in Texas' offshore anglers this year and next seeing their longest red-snapper seasons in federally controlled waters in a decade - as many as 104 days and at least 64 days for anglers fishing from private boats and 51 days for those fishing from for-hire vessels operating under federal reef-fish fishing permits, according to estimates by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Updated 10:05 pm, Friday, March 16, 2018 The Texans have agreed to terms with free agent safety Tyrann Mathieu, who was released this week by Arizona because he wouldn't take a pay cut. Mathieu fills a huge hole at safety, a position they have been trying to improve.

The flood that devastated our city also created some movement for our local economy.
Are you surprised?

Hurricane Harvey gave unexpected boost to Houston economy

Hurricane Harvey gave the Houston economy a bigger than expected boost in 2017, according to new data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission. Houston added 62,900 jobs last year, thanks to spending at retailers to replace damaged household goods and hiring of construction companies to repair flood damaged homes.

Whether you’re Cy-Fair alumni or not, get ready for some football spirit. Cy-Fair’s Ed Pustejovsky explains why Cypress is a great place to live amid earning the State Championship Title! #MyPerfectHouseton #MTSIR

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Whether you're Cy-Fair alumni or not, get ready for some football spirit. Cy-Fair's Ed Pustejovsky explains why Cypress is a great place to live amid earning the State Championship Title!...

Mayor Sylvester Turner addresses superintendent Richard Carranza leaving HISD to lead New York City's school system.
HISD is holding off on naming an interim superintendent.
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Houston Independent School District

HISD Trustees address the media about the departure of Superintendent Richard Carranza.

Recently, popular ride sharing services, Uber and Lyft, made their return to our area. After being made to leave the city behind in previous years, major cities in Texas saw a rise of occurrences such as drunk driving. Since their return to the area, people are now to looking to see if their current precence is making a positive impact on the decrease in these types of occurrences. For more information, please visit: https://www.tatelawoffices.com/ubers-departure/

The short answer: No - not quite. The longer answer: The return of Uber and Lyft to Austin and its already competitive ride-hailing market in May 2017 should improve - but far from solve - the serious problem of drunk driving accidents in the city.

Happy Texas Independence Day!
On March 2, 1836, the Texas Declaration of Independence was adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos, about 80 miles northwest of Houston.
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Pictured: 1857 map of Texas. Notice the western counties are much larger than their modern-day versions, including Bexar, El Paso, Presidio and Cooke counties.

You won't feel bad about eating these free pancakes today. The freebie's part of a charitable tradition:

IHOP offers free pancakes Tuesday

Don't feel guilty about indulging in some buttermilk pancakes today. IHOP is giving away free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes Tuesday, Feb. 27 in honor of National Pancake Day, part of the chain's 60 Days of Giving campaign, which celebrates its 60-year anniversary. From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Age limits: How old do you have to be in Texas to buy rifles? Rent a car?

Age limits: How old do you have to be in Texas to buy rifles? Rent a car? Buy cigarettes or alcohol?

As debate rages anew over beefing up gun laws as the nation reels from last week's Florida school massacre, a lot of Americans are asking: Why is it legal for a 19-year-old to purchase a rifle in the first place?

On Thursday, Republican senator Ted Cruz tried to insult his political opponents by comparing them to Lisa Simpson, and Republicans to Homer Simpson. But the dis fell flat when his targets agreed with him completely.

Share your Go Texan day photos with us! We want to feature y'all in a roundup of how Houston looks in our Lone-Star pride apparel.
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Fig & Olive, the first of four new restaurants planned for the former Saks Fifth Avenue space at the Galleria, is set to open in early March. The coastal Mediterranean restaurant, which specializes in French, Italian, Spanish and North African cuisine, plans to open behind the curved Philip Johnson-designed facade of the former Saks.

The project has been in the works for years with the goal being to create a clock that would keep accurate time for 10,000 years.

Jeff Bezos' 10,000-year clock under construction

Updated 10:36 am, Wednesday, February 21, 2018 While Seattle buckles under the explosive growth of its super-tenant, Amazon.com, the company's founder Jeff Bezos is pouring millions into building a 10,000-year clock inside a hollowed-out mountain in West Texas.

Two teens remain behind bars, accused of carjacking the female's father in an attempt to get money. Susan Marie Mize, 17, was arrested late Saturday night after two males including the 16-year-old male approached the vehicle with Mize and her father inside near Rayford Road and used a gun to gain access to the car, authorities stated.

He pretended to be Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, as well as a number of other officials, in an effort to bilk his girlfriend's adult daughter out of $13,000.

Houston man accused of impersonating Harris County district attorney in family finance scam

He pretended to be Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. Before that, prosecutors say, he said he impersonated former District Attorney Devon Anderson. He also masqueraded as District Clerk Chris Daniel and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. William Vincente Figueroa, 41, was charged this week with impersonating a public servant and felony theft in charging documents released Friday.

This year, our Houston chefs set a new record in what's often referred to as the Oscars of the national dining scene:

Unprecedented number of Houston restaurants, chefs named semifinalists for James Beard Awards

Houston chefs and restaurants today received an unprecedented seven national-level semifinalist nominations for the prestigious James Beard Awards, along with a healthy crop of five nods in the regionally based Best Chef Southwest category - 6, if you count the chef duo of Ross Coleman and James Haywood, who got their first nomination for their work at modern soul emporium Kitchen 713.

Duane Brown joined Arian Foster's podcast and talked about his departure from the Houston Texans.

Duane Brown opens up about leaving Texans, Bob McNair

Former Texans left tackle Duane Brown was a guest on the podcast "Now What? with Arian Foster," and gave details about his experiences in Houston and how his time with the Texans came to an end. "It was bigger than football for me at that point," said Brown, who was traded to the Seahawks in October after a lengthy holdout.

Updated 2:11 pm, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Clayton's Beach Bar is the usual spot for South Padre Island spring breakers, but the crowd seems ready to throw tomatoes at a performer listed in the lineup for the week-long party.

Ancient inhabitants of modern-day United Kingdom may have rocked dark skin and blue eyes, a DNA test on a 10,000-year-old skeleton revealed Wednesday. The new findings, along with a 3-D recreation of the oldest-known Briton, who scientists dubbed "Cheddar Man," are being used to by Twitter users to mock white supremacists that have long looked to Europe for notions of racial purity.

Charges have been dropped against a Prairie View police officer who used a Taser on a city council member while arresting him in 2015. But the former councilman has filed a federal suit against both officers who were on the scene that night, the city of Prairie View and the Prairie View Police Department.

The 15-year-old southeast Texas teen who'd previously gone missing -- thought to be with a Snapchat predator -- was found.
She died Saturday, two months after she was reunited with her family.

Orange Co. teen whose disappearance sparked national hunt has died

A teen girl from Orange County whose November disappearance sparked a nationwide search has died, family members announced on social media. Heaven Ray Cox, 15, died Saturday. She was a student at Little Cypress-Mauriceville. A cause of death has not been announced. Heaven was reunited with family on Dec.

She'd rather maintain her anonymity than collect her half-billion dollars.
Anyone who'd take it on her behalf?

All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.

The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive way - except for one petrifying thing. As the winner of last month's $560 million Powerball, she would soon be the world's newest owner of a nine-digit bank account.

The boyfriend confronted him after he broke into the home early this morning.

Man accused of stabbing ex-wife's boyfriend to death with children at home

A man is accused of stabbing his ex-wife's new boyfriend to death early Sunday in a northwest Harris County home. The woman's children were also inside the house on Steamboat Springs near Camden Parkway when 47-year-old Jorge Perez Rios forced his way inside around 1 a.m., according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Updated 7:40 pm, Saturday, February 3, 2018 MINNEAPOLIS - Texans defensive end J.J. Watt won the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award on Saturday night. After raising more than $37 million in 19 days for a Hurricane Harvey relief fund, Watt was expected to win the award over Carolina tight end Greg Olsen and Baltimore tight end Benjamin Watson.

The latest in rolling updates: A father of three victims lunged at the disgraced doctor during a court hearing.

The Latest: Judge: Victims' father tries to attack Nassar

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the final sentencing hearing for disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar (all times local): 10:50 a.m. A sentencing hearing has resumed for Larry Nassar after a father of three of his victims tried to attack the disgraced former sports doctor in a Michigan courtroom.

FEMA is considering ending a shelter program put displaced Harvey victims in hotels. That could affect more than 3,500 locals.
Do you think they should receive an extension?

FEMA weighs end of transitional sheltering program

FEMA Coordinating Officer Kevin Hannes, one of the agency's top officials helping coordinate recovery efforts in Texas after Harvey, said that the program is slated to end March 12, unless the state requests an extension and FEMA determines there is a need for the program to continue.

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